Calboy | Before They Were Famous | XXL Freshman Class 2020

Before Calboy would break into the rap game with hit songs like “Envy Me”, “Adam & Eve”, “Caroline” featuring Polo-G, and “Chariot” featuring Meek Mill and Lil Durk. Before Calboy would learn he was cut from Pop Smoke’s posthumous album “Sho0t for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” and understandably voice his frustrations on Twitter. Before Calboy would have 152.9K followers on Twitter, 1.2 Million followers on Instagram, and over 712K subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. Up and coming Chicago-raised rapper Calboy has a melodic flow that’s got people shouting out comps like he’s the next Lil Durk. This South Side native’s breakthrough hit; “Envy Me” racked up millions of views on YouTube after getting a since-deleted co-sign from colleague G-Herbo. Then, the track climbed to even greater heights thanks to a viral dance challenge that spawned across the Tik Tok platform, along with Dubsmash and Instagram.